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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Eight-spotted Skimmer 1
Libellula forensis
Widow Skimmer 2
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 3
Libellula pulchella
Four-spotted Skimmer 4
Libellula quadrimaculata
Flame Skimmer 5
Libellula saturata
Halloween Pennant 6
Celithemis eponina
Variegated Meadowhawk 7
Sympetrum corruptum
Black Meadowhawk 8
Sympetrum danae
Western Meadowhawk 9
Sympetrum occidentale
Striped Meadowhawk 10
Sympetrum pallipes
Ruby Meadowhawk 11
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 12
Sympetrum semicinctum
Spot-winged Glider 13
Pantala hymenaea
Red Saddlebags 14
Tramea onusta
Eastern Pondhawk 15
Erythemis simplicicollis
Dot-tailed Whiteface 8
Leucorrhinia intacta
Common Whitetail 16
Plathemis lydia
Desert Whitetail 17
Plathemis subornata
Red Rock Skimmer 18
Paltothemis lineatipes
Common Baskettail 19
Epitheca cynosura
Plains Emerald 17
Somatochlora ensigera
Pale Snaketail 12
Ophiogomphus severus
Common Sanddragon 20
Progomphus obscurus
Common Green Darner 21
Anax junius
Variable Darner 8
Aeshna interrupta
Sedge Darner 22
Aeshna juncea
Paddle-tailed Darner 8
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 11
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 3
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Paiute Dancer 18
Argia alberta
Familiar Bluet 23
Enallagma civile
Alkali Bluet 17
Enallagma clausum
Arroyo Bluet 12
Enallagma praevarum
Western Forktail 24
Ischnura perparva
Western Red Damsel 12
Amphiagrion abbreviatum

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